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Thursday, December 15, 2016

Sorry, my schedule has been a bit off lately, a couple of weeks ago we adapted a puppy and are going thorough the puppy training period. Her name is Zoey and she has been a handful. I am working on getting back into the flow of things.

Here she is, the little princess!

In the company of Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov, Flash Gordon embarked for the planet Mongo to encounter the menace of Ming the Merciless.

That
was in the Sunday funnies in a page drawn by Alex Raymond and written
anonymously by former pulp-fiction editor Don Moore. This space opera
became one of King Features Syndicate's most popular features, and
Raymond's illustrative art was to have a strong influence on many of the
young artists who began drawing for comic books in the late 1930s and
the early 1940s—Tom Hickey, Sheldon Moldoff, Jack Lehti, George Papp,
Mac Raboy, Dan Barry, etc.

Flash Gordon entered comic books early
in 1936 by way of reprints in King Comics. His battles with the
merciless Ming, a sort of galactic Fu Manchu, unfolded in the magazine
from the first issue.

Flash Gordon #28"Into the Cave Kingdom"
Deep within the bowels of Mongo, Flash, Dale and Zarkov run across a mysterious cult of cave dwellers.
Written by John Warner with art by Thomas Yeates, Carlos Garzon & Al Williamson.Story told in two parts.

According to Mark Schultz in Flesk Publications Al Williamson's Flash
Gordon, A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic, this is one of Thomas
Yeates' first professional assignments and that Al Williamson inked
various panels. If you possibly can, you need to track this marvelous book down. It is a cherished book in my collection.

This issue was reprinted in the Flash Gordon Comic Book Archives Volume 5. This fine Dark Horse hardcover edition reprints Flash Gordon #28-#37, originally published by Whitman Comics.

WEIRD TALES OF THE MACABRE #1

MARVEL PREMIERE #44 FEATURING THE JACK OF HEARTS!

After effecting a rescue at sea, Jack of Hearts is going home, to his estate in Connecticut. Once there, he receives an ominous invitation from Hemlock. Written by Bill Mantlo with art by Keith Giffen & Rudy Nebres. Recommended!

I SPY BY JOHN TIGER

Exciting tie-in novel by Walter (Telefon) Wager, writing as John Tiger, based on the smash TV hit series I Spy.

I SPY MESSAGE FROM MOSCOW BY BRANDON KEITH

Recommended I Spy novel by author of Man from U.N.C.L.E. The Gentle Saboteur Affair & The Affair of the Goldrunner's Gold.

CHARLTON PREMIERE #2 "CHILDREN OF DOOM"

One of my all time favorite comic book stories, by Denny O'Neil & Pat Boyette. Stunnning! Partially in B&W and color!